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E. H. COTTRELL.

NEWSPAPER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-25. 1915.

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NEWSPAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

Application filed January 25, 1915. Serial No. 4,228.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. Co'r'rnnLL, a citizen of the United States,and resident of lVesterly, in the county of lVashington and State ofRhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Newspapers,of which the following is a specification.

In newspapers as usually produced where the leaves bearing the printedpages are approximately from sixteen to eighteen inches Wide and fromtwenty-one to twenty-three inches long, it is well known that because ofthe very large size of the leaves, the lo cation of the fold and theusual poor quality of paper, it is extremely difficult to hold thenewspaper in a proper position for perusal and it is also difficult toturn the leaves over without wrinkling and tearing the paper and withoutusing an undue amount of room, which latter is very undesirable wherecrowded conditions prevail as in public conveyances. etc.

The object of my invention is to overcome the defects and disadvantagesabove enumerated, by producing a newspaper in which the sheets arefolded transversely to the columns of printed matter so that thenewspaper may be very easily held in a convenient position for readingand permit ting the very ready turning of the leaves, the newspaper atall times being kept within a reasonable size for easy perusal andhandling.

A further object is to so arrange the printed matter that each side ofeach sheet will bear two printed pages arranged to read in the samedirection, the two printed pages on one side of each sheet reading inone direction and the two printed pages on the other side of each sheetreading in the opposite direction.

Practical embodiments are represented in the accompanying drawings whichillustrate a twelvepage newspaper having its sheets printed, assembledand folded according to my invention.

Figure l is a front view in perspective of a newspaper folded andprinted according to one embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the first leaf turned over,

Fig. 3 is a back view in perspective,

Fig. 4 is a similar view with the last leaf turned over,

Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively front and back views on a smaller scaleof the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, with the sheetsunfolded and partly separated to show more clearly the page arrangement.

Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views of a second embodiment,

Figs. 9 and 10 are similar views of a third embodiment,

Figs. 11 and 12 are similar fourth embodiment,

Figs. 13 and 14: are similar fifth embodiment,

Figs. 15 and 16 are similar sixth embodiment,

Figs. 17 and 18 are similar seventh embodiment,

Figs. 19 and 20 are similar views of an eighth embodiment,

Figs. 21 and 22 are similar views of a ninth embodiment, and

Figs. 23 and 24 are similar views of a tenth embodiment.

The three sheets are denoted by a, Z) and 0, each of which sheets isprovided with two views of :1

views of a views of a views of a printed pages on each side thereof, thepages on each side reading in the same direction and the pages on oneside of each sheet reading in one direction and the pages on the otherside of each sheet reading in the opposite direction, in the presentinstance the two printed pages on the front side of each sheet readingdownwardly and the two printed pages on the back side of each sheetreading upwardly.

The sheets are folded together transversely to the columns of readingmatter along a line between the printed pages and are preferably securedtogether along said fold line.

In the embodiment of a twelve-page newspaper printed and arranged as inFigs. 1 to 6 inclusive, the front sides of the sheets a, I) and 0contain the printed pages 1 and 7, 2 and 8, 3 and 9, and the back sidesof the said sheets contain the printed pages 4.- and 10, 5 and 11, 6 and12.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 7 and 8. the front sides of the sheetsa, Z) and 0 contain the printed pages 1 and 7, 2 and 12, 3 and 11, andthe back sides of the said sheets contain the printed pages 4 and 10, 5and 9, 6 and 8.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the front sides of the sheetsa, b and a,

contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 11 and l, 9 and 6, and the back sidesof said sheets contain the printed pages 7 and 8, 5 and 10, 3 and 12. V

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the front sides of thesheets a, b ando' contain the printed pages 1 and 12, 3 and 10, 5 and S,and the back sides of said sheets contain the printed pages 7 and 6, 9and 4:, 11 and 2.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 13 and 1 1, the front sides of thesheets a, Z) and 0 contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 12 and 1, 10 and6, and'tho back sides of said sheetscontain the printed pagesS and 7,and 9,

3 and 11.

' 10 and 6, and the back 9, 3 .and 11.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 15 and 16, the front sides of thesheets a, b and 0 contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 3 and 12, 5 and 10,and the back sides of said sheets contain the printed pages 7 and 8, 9and 6, 11 and 4.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 17 and 18, the front sides contain theprinted pages land 7, 2 and 8, 3 and 9, and the back sides of saidsheets contain the printed pagesd and 10, 5 and 11., 6and12.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 19 and 20, the front, sides of thesheets 4a,?) and 0 contain the printed pages 1 and 12, 2 and 11, i and9, and theback sides of said sheets contain the printed pages 6 and 7 8and 5, 10 and 3. v

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 21 and contain the printed pages-1 and12, 3 and 10-, 5 and 8, and the back sides of said sheets contain theprinted pages 7 and 6, 9 and. 4, 11 and 2. i i

In'the embodiment shown in Figs. and 2 1, the front sides of the sheetsa, Z) and 0 contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 12 and 1, sides of saidsheets contain the printed pagesi's and 7 5 and In the embodimentsillustrated in Figs. 1 to'14 inclusive, the heading for .thefirst pagestarts at the fold line, while in the'otherembodiments the heading forthe first page starts at the upper edge of the front sheet.

In all. of the embodiments, the two pages on the side of any sheet readin the same direction and the twopages on one side of any of the sheetsa, b and c the front sides of the sheets a, 7) and 0 sheet read in theopposite di-rection to the two pages on the other side of said sheet.

A newspaper produced according to this invention may be perused veryconveniently and may be kept at all times within a reasonable lateralcompass and may be readily perused by turning the leaves over so as topermit the leaves to fall by gravity into position to be easily graspedby the hands of the reader without any danger of wrinkling or tearingthe newspaper.

By the term newspaper I wish to include all large products of anequivalent'nature where the size of the product renders thesame open tothe disadvantages and defects enumerated, if they were printed :orfolded as heretoforeiand in which such disadvantages and defects wouldbe remedied by the printing and folding of the same in a mannersubstantially as herein shown'and described. y

It is obvious that various embodiments herein shown and described areonly a few of many embodiments which would be included by my invention;hencel do not wish to limit myself to the structures herein shown, but-7 i hat I claim is: v I

1. A newspaper comprising a plurality of sheets, each sheet having twoprinted pages on each side thereof,and a fold line between the pages,the columns of printed vmatter running at right angles tothe fold line,the two printed pages on each side of each'sheet reading in the samedirection when the i'iewspaper is unfolded."

2. A newspaper comprising a plurality of sheets, each sheet havingtwoprinted pages on each side thereof, and'a fold line between the pages,the columns of printed matter running at right angles to the fold line,the two printed pages on one side of each sheet reading in one directionand the two printed pages on the other side of each sheet reading in theopposite direction when the newspaper is unfolded.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two witnesses, this tenth day of November, 1914:.

l EDGAR ELIOOTTRELL: lVitnesses: i V i F. GEORGE BARRY, C. :S. SUNDGREN.

